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  Optelecom provides surveillance solutions to transportation, government and critical infrastructure marketsOptelecom-NKF Inc. a leading global supplier of advanced video surveillance equipment and the manufacturer of Siqura surveillance solutions, announced its intention to participate in the Intersec 2011 trade show in Dubai, U.A.E. Traffic and Transit Solutions: With over 35 years of experience, Optelecom-NKF offers global surveillance solutions for three markets: Tran...

   LaserCard has been acquired by HID Global Solutions, which is a leader in secure identity solutions HID Global, trusted leader in solutions for the delivery of secure identity, announced that parent company ASSA ABLOY's pending acquisition of LaserCard Corporation, a leading provider of secure ID solutions, represents an important advancement in HID Global's worldwide market position in the government sector and will significantly expand its portfolio of technol...

 Chris Williams, Director, Marketing and Business Development, Wavestore applauded the Wavestore's progress "Wavestore has achieved considerable success in the Middle East over recent years and particularly so during the last twelve months," said Chris Williams, Director of Marketing and Business Development at Wavestore. "The timing of Intersec 2011 could not therefore be better as it will provide us with a great opportunity to give demonstrations of our very latest CCTV and...

Vicon (IP technology solutions) have appointed Andy Macnamara to the position of Business ManagerVicon have appointed Andy Macnamara to the position of Business Manager for the education, utilities and infrastructure market sectors.The appointment is the latest stage of Vicon's alignment of its UK sales team to provide more focus on its key target vertical markets. Andy joins Vicon with a long and successful track record in the security industry, which includes working for Reliance Electron...

  The new state of the art control room, located within the Bexley Wing at St James Hospital, now provides the focal point of the security operationInternational consulting company Faber Maunsell was recently commissioned to provide the design and management of The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust security centralisation project. As part of this major project Cortech Developments were awarded the contract to provide a totally integrated software solution for the Trusts CCTV...

ioimage, the pioneer of intelligent video appliances designed for simplicity, announced recently the appointment of Ethan Vons as Director of Global Customer Services responsible for US, EMEA and APAC support centres.  ioimage is currently doing business in 35 countries and maintains a global network of over 100 business partners.Vons has a proven track record of managing global customer service departments and establishing Customer Relationship Management (CRM) programs and technical servi...

IndigoVision, a leading supplier of complete IP Video and Alarm management solutions, recently announced that it will support the network video standard being developed by Sony, Bosch and Axis, once it is ratified.Commenting on the announcement, Oliver Vellacott, IndigoVision CEO, said: "We are pleased to announce that IndigoVision's class-leading Security Management Software, ‘Control Center', will support cameras compliant with the forthcoming standard.  ‘Control Cen...

Bosch Security Systems is one of the first companies to seek tests by independent accredited laboratories based on new European EN 50131 standards for intrusion alarm products. The new standards have been introduced by CENELEC (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization) to meet growing demands for EN compliant products from users and installers of security systems.  The European standards will gradually replace existing national standards within Europe and will also extend to...

Ladies from Mayflex, the cabling infrastructure, networking and IP physical security solutions distributor, joined thousands of other women across the UK, by taking part in the Race for Life at Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, on Thursday 26th June 2008.Race for Life is Cancer Research UK's flagship event that has grown to become the UK's largest women-only fundraiser.  In 2007, the organisation brought together 665,000 women to walk, jog or run the 5km event in order to raise £40 m...

Siemens Building Technologies has announced a new partnership with Texas Instruments, which will see a whole range of new products developed for the video surveillance market.The first products to be launched were on show at the recent IFSEC 2008 exhibition as part of Siemens' Innovations Wall feature.  The popular SISTORE range of digital video recorders, manufactured in Germany, is the first to benefit from this technology partnership, with four new versions of the SISTORE MX hybrid recor...

Fibre Optech, the distributor of physical security and cabling solutions for the security and communication markets is the leading distributor of fibre products for GE Security Fibre Communications for the second consecutive year.The GE fibre range for GE Security offers customers a world leading partner for the manufacture of fibre optic and UTP transmission products covering both analogue and IP offerings for the security, broadcast, industrial and transportation industries.The Fibre Optech se...

Specialist recording and storage systems manufacturer, Visimetrics, has appointed a new Business Development Manager to focus on the company's growing IP-centric recording solutions.Mark Blackwood joins the company with more than 20 years security industry experience, most recently at ADI where he was responsible for business development of IP-based CCTV solutions.Mark will be supporting current and future customers with system design and technical consultancy specifically in the area of IP-base...

Zenitel, international market leader in integrated communication solutions for the professional market, confirms how it gave security a voice this month at IFSEC 2008, the leading global event for the security industry.  With nearly 32,000 people attending the show, many identified Zenitel security solutions appropriate to their needs, including the STENTOFON talking CCTV system and the newly designed station range. Zenitel, with over 60 years of experience in major security and p...

VIVOTEK is honored that its new product PZ7151/7152 received the most prestigious SecuTech Award 2008, within the ‘Digital Surveillance' category, and was also chosen as ‘the most favoured product' by SecuTech online readers.  This award was announced at Asia's largest international security exhibition - SecuTech - in Taipei, Taiwan.VIVOTEK's PZ7151 (PoE) /PZ7152 (WLAN), equipped with a progressive scan CCD sensor and pan-focus 2.6x optical zoom lens, is a high-performance netwo...

Axis Communications, the global leader in the network video market, reports record attendance at its new purpose-built stand at IFSEC 2008. Axis' brand new, 130 square metre stand, located at the centre of the IFSEC CCTV village was specifically developed to showcase more than 20 network cameras from the market leader's portfolio.  In addition, partner areas were this year occupied by key partners 3Com, Viasys, Proxim, Genetec and IPNRG to demonstrate integrated solutions and applications.&...

Bosch Security Systems is reporting an excellent response to its technologies on show at the recent IFSEC 2008.  Not only did Bosch came away with tangible enquiries from a cross-section of quality installers, consultants and end-users interested in its CCTV, Intruder and Communications technologies, but it also won ‘Intruder Alarm Product of the Year' for its newly launched Professional Series duel tech detector with anti-mask at the industry awards. Also at IFSEC, in a presentation...

The VIDEOTEC team is delighted to confirm the boom in interest at its stand at IFSEC 2008.  Visitors expressed their appreciation of the increasingly advanced technological progress made by the new products on show, which encourages VIDEOTEC to continue with its chosen policy.The chairman of VIDEOTEC, Alessio Grotto, expressed his satisfaction, "Our commitment and the ensuing significant investments in R&D are aimed at offering the security market solutions with high technological...

Anti-terrorism product, PAXCON® has become the first spray-on blast mitigation coating to achieve a coveted Secured by Design licence. PAXCON® is a non-intrusive coating that's painted onto building walls to contain fragmentation caused by an explosion or bomb blast.  Fragmentation is responsible for over 80% of bomb blast casualties, making PAXCON® a cost-effective solution with the potential to save multiple lives.The Secured by Design (SBD) scheme has previously focused o...

Our security officers, store detectives and CIT staff are all facing increasing levels of violence in the workplace, of that there is no doubt.  Although, in theory at least, those security operatives are better trained than they were maybe five years ago, we still need to closely monitor whether the levels of training given to our people for licensing purposes is sufficient to keep them as safe as possible whilst they are working for us.The core competency training and qualifications for s...

Dallmeier's Video over IP workshops in November proved a total success.  Due to the high interest additional dates were arranged and were swiftly booked up."Video over IP" is a subject that you see everywhere at the moment.  Dallmeier is manufacturer and project manager of the world's biggest real-time IP video system in the Venetian Macau and of the first fully digital CCTV/IP casino system in the USA for the Barona Casino in San Diego.  These are just two examp...

Milestone Systems, the world market leader for open platform IP video management software, is buttressing its phenomenal growth in the USA by hiring new managers in its Americas subsidiaryDemand for IP video surveillance solutions is growing fast worldwide, with projections for double-digit annual growth in the security industry over the coming years.  In the USA particularly, Homeland Security has heightened the focus and support in this area, shoring up security initiatives nationwide.&nb...

Agent Video Intelligence Inc (Agent Vi), the global leader in enterprise-grade video analytics, today announced the appointment of Russel Salmon, CPA, as Chief Financial and Operations Officer, effective immediately.  "The addition of Russel Salmon as CFO and COO rounds out our leadership team as we expand our presence and capabilities as a global company," stated David Anthony, Chairman of Agent Vi's Board of Directors and Managing Partner of 21Ventures, the company's lead invest...

Windy City Wire offers advanced training and certification programs to integrators.  In addition to keeping technicians up to date with the latest technology through training seminars, manufacturer meetings and vendor shows, Windy City Wire also certifies technicians on electronic systems. Windy City Wire is currently certifying technicians on the Corporate Edition of Kantech, an access control software.  The certification on Kantech gives integrators top of the line training on acces...

Nortech Control Systems have launched a new webiste. The new site has been organised into two sections which represent the company's two strategic markets. The 'Parking & Automation' and 'Access Control' divisions have been set up to help users find the information they require quicker and easier. All the information and tools from the previous site are available, plus more. Nortech have provided more detailed product information and recent case studies.Find the...

Windy City Wire is currently planning to expand staff and training for their new headquarters in Bolingbrook, Illinois January of 2007.  Because of the company's substantial growth, human resources and senior management find it necessary to accommodate for the company's development with staff and an updated training program for 2007.Windy City Wire anticipates hiring 5-10 new sales professionals to be staffed at the headquarters for the New Year.  The low-voltage wire and cable...

The new blog with personal views from Frank DeFina offers insight to the industry and provides a forum for dynamic customer feedback. Taking a core approach to relationship marketing, Panasonic System Solutions Company (PSSA) has announced the creation of a blog by its president, Frank DeFina.  The blog site will provide a forum for an open and interactive dialogue between Mr DeFina and members of the professional security community, as well as helping to put a human face on the compan...

G4Tec is pleased to announce that Mark Robinson has been promoted to National Sales Manager for Group 4 Technology Electronic Security Systems group.  Mark will be responsible for all sales initiatives in the UK including the sales staff.  He reports to Jim Clarkson, Divisional Director, Electronic Security Systems. G4Tec’s engineering department is developing many new and exciting products for 2006. These new developments will provide an opportunity to strengthen our position in...

Europe’s premier IP networked security event ‘IIPSEC 2006’ due to be held in Coventry (UK) on the 24-26th January 2006 report an increase in overseas support for the show from countries such as Taiwan, Korea, China, India, Germany, Spain, Holland and the USA. Commenting on the increased interest to exhibit event director Kevin Fagan said “In the last month we have been inundated with enquiries from almost all corners of the globe concerning the show.  Everyone it see...

Access security specialist, Bewator, has launched a series of security system seminars across a range of business sectors, from retail to healthcare, education, transport and local governments. The latest seminar, taking place today at the Corus hotel in Bracknell, focuses on the retail & banking sector.Bewator seminars have been developed to keep end users of security solutions informed and up to date with the latest developments in security technologies and systems, and provide an insight...